ERLING HAALAND has been the striker to watch this season, taking the Premier League by storm.
With 21 goals and less than half the season gone, he is widely expected to smash the current record of 34 Prem strikes in one season.
Three of those goals came against Man Utd at the Etihad earlier in the season, so Erik ten Hag will be well aware of the need to deal with the threat of the 22-year-old.
But since the World Cup, United striker Marcus Rashford has shown that he is capable of giving City something to think about.
The England star has a hugely impressive seven goals in the last six matches for United.
That’s a figure even Haaland has been unable to keep up with, with the ex-Dortmund ace on a more modest four from five since the World Cup.
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Rashford also leads the assist count with two to Haaland’s zero.
And on total shots and shots on target the England star is also in the lead.
Rashford and Haaland had very different experiences of the World Cup break.
The Man Utd ace headed to Qatar and fired his way back into form with a goal against Iran and a brilliant brace against Wales.
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Haaland meanwhile holidayed in Marbella following Norway’s failure to qualify.
The Norwegians missed out on a play-off place after finishing third in a group containing Netherlands and Turkey.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
